Watson v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Henry R. C. Watson, from a judgment •of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 28th day of Hay, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, adjudging the. defendant to be the owner of certain real property. The action was brought under section 1638 of the Code of Civil Procedure, to determine ■ the title to real estate.
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Appeal by the plaintiff, Henry R. C. Watson, from a judgment •of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 28th day of Hay, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, adjudging the. defendant to be the owner of certain real property. The action was brought under section 1638 of the Code of Civil Procedure, to determine ■ the title to real estate. On August 10, 1848, Gouverneur Morris caused to be made and filed in the county clerk’s office of Westchester county, a map laying out certain lots, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
It is evident that the rights of' the parties in the present action are to be determined by a construction of the deed from Gouverneur Morris to John Rushby in 1848, in connection with, the map filed at the time when the deed was executed and the - circumstances surrounding the transaction. This deed bounds these premises along the lines of the respective streets by giving distances surrounding the property conveyed. It has been assumed for- many years-to be settled law that such a description bounding upon a,street or highway laid out upon a map carried with it title to the land to…
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